For those of you
who may not have heard, we crashed our boat at the July 4, 1999 race at Eastlake,
Ohio. Click on the "Race Schedule" entry in the menu and scroll to the bottom
for a little more information about this exciting event! We are working with the fine folks at Advantage Boats to build a new hull for the year 2000 season. As of November, 1999, Advantage has agreed to build us a racing version of their latest design, a 30 foot model. We anticipate that we will not be able to rig the hull in time for the first race next year, but it DOES!!! look like we will be back. Hats off to Advantage Boats for their continued support and dedication to the APBA Offshore series.
Hyperactive Racing competes in the APBA Offshore Central Division's Great Lakes Silver Cup Series. We are a family owned team racing for the sheer fun of it. We are also one of the very few teams competing in the true spirit of the Factory 1 class rules, where everyone is "supposed to" have the same stock 500 horse power engine in a hull made from the same mold a manufacturer uses to make boats sold to the general public. A stated intent of the Factory classes when they were set up was to provide the opportunity for someone who can afford a performance boat to own one that the family can play on one weekend, and go racing in the next weekend. Human nature being what it is, suffice it to say that some Factory boats turn out to be more equal than others...
In any event, we DO go racing! And we have a heck of a lot of fun doing it. Factory 1 boats only go 75 or so miles per hour, but to be passed by 2 big cats, one close in on each side of your little old boat, drag racing down the backstretch at about 140 is quite a rush! Its LOUD, its wet, and its a rough ride - what more could any boat nut want?